Pinocchio (2019)

Nominated for Best Costumes and Best Hair and Makeup    Before I watched this, I would have told you that there was absolutely no need for another Pinocchio movie.  I would have been wrong.  This thing is beautiful.

Gepetto (Roberto Benigni), a starving woodworker, carves a puppet and names him Pinocchio (Federico Ielapi).  The puppet comes to life and Gepetto is overjoyed to have a son.  But Pinocchio is uninterested in being a good boy.  He wants to have fun.  So instead of going to school, he goes to the puppet theater, but is kidnapped by the Puppet Master (Gigi Proietti).  After hearing Pinocchio's tale of woe, the Puppet Master takes pity and lets him go.  Pinocchio immediately falls into bad company, and is saved by the intervention of the Blue Fairy (Alida Baldari Calabria).  Pinocchio returns home only to find that Gepetto has gone looking for him.  In his search for his father, Pinocchio meets the Blue Fairy once more, only to find that she's grown up (Marine Vacth).  She tells him that if he is good, he can become a real boy and grow up too.  Once again, a poor choice in companions sees Pinocchio in trouble.  

This sticks pretty close to the source material, but dresses it up in gorgeous effects and high-end production design.  It's a stunning film.  It's currently available for rent on Amazon, Vudu, Google Play, and Apple+.